Gemini’s place as a preinstalled, default AI assistant on the Galaxy S25 came with a check attached.

Google has been paying Samsung tons of cash every month to pre-install the AI app Gemini on its smartphones, according to a report by Bloomberg. This information comes to us as part of a pre-existing antitrust case against Google.

Google admits that the company paid Samsung "enormous sums of money" to preinstall Gemini on its devices. Google is currently trying to fend off any allegations of it breaking antitrust laws, however, the company’s practice of paying for installations is in violation of the same law.